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Hairdressers Collection

Background imageHairdressers Collection: Vidal Sassoon

Vidal Sassoon (1928-2012), British hairdresser, renowned for created the sharp, geometric wedge cuts during the 1960s. Date: 1966

Background imageHairdressers Collection: Boy / Hairdressers 1930S

Boy / Hairdressers 1930S
A seat inside a model toy car ensures a boys co-operation at the hairdressers Date: 1930s

Background imageHairdressers Collection: Gwendoline Dyer hair salon

Gwendoline Dyer hair salon, offering permanent waving. Date: circa 1920s

Background imageHairdressers Collection: Citroen 2CV outside hairdressers, France

Citroen 2CV outside hairdressers, France Date: 1980s

Background imageHairdressers Collection: Electric Permanent Waving Machine 1928

Electric Permanent Waving Machine 1928
A permanent electric waving machine, medusa, Serpents, exhibited at the Hairdressers Annual Exhibition. Date: 1928

Background imageHairdressers Collection: The Rape of the Lock by Gerda Wegener

The Rape of the Lock by Gerda Wegener
Haircut and shave - new version. Stylised illustration by Gerda Wegener showing three women getting the new fashionable shingled hair cuts. Date: 1925

Background imageHairdressers Collection: Olivia de Havilland, studio portrait with hands

Olivia de Havilland, studio portrait with hands
Olivia de Havilland, actress, (1916-2020) studio portrait with hairdressers and make up artists hands. Showing new, sculpted, make up and hair style

Background imageHairdressers Collection: Advertisement for Hinde's Hair Curlers, London, Birmingham

Advertisement for Hinde's Hair Curlers, London, Birmingham
Advertisement for Hinde's Hair Curlers, by Hindes, Manufacturers of Hair Brushes and Toilet Articles, London and Birmingham. Illustrated with seated and a Hinde's Hair Curler

Background imageHairdressers Collection: Advert for Emile

Advert for Emile, offering an expert Court coiffure service, including the attachment of veils and feathers. Date: 1932

Background imageHairdressers Collection: A French barber puts his male client's hair into curling papers Date: 1840

A French barber puts his male client's hair into curling papers Date: 1840

Background imageHairdressers Collection: Woman Indulging a Vapour Face-Bath 1928

Woman Indulging a Vapour Face-Bath 1928
Strangely masked by metal: A client indulging in a vapour face-bath, exhibited at the Hairdressers Annual Exhibition. Date: 1928

Background imageHairdressers Collection: Ray-Lamp Treatments 1928

Ray-Lamp Treatments 1928
Strange metal Blinkers to achieve beauty: A client taking a Ray-Lamp treatment, exhibited at the Hairdressers Annual Exhibition. Date: 1928

Background imageHairdressers Collection: c. 1880s Japan - barbers or hairdressers

c. 1880s Japan - barbers or hairdressers
c.1880s Japan - barbers or hairdressers

Background imageHairdressers Collection: Advert, C Bond & Son, Hair designers and Hairdressers

Advert, C Bond & Son, Hair designers and Hairdressers
Advert, C Bond & Son, Artistic Hair Designers and Court Hairdressers, New Bond Street, London. 1897

Background imageHairdressers Collection: Cheap summer tickets to Scotland, 1933

Cheap summer tickets to Scotland, 1933
Page from The Sketch, 5th July 1933, featuring adverts for Cheap Summer Tickets to Scotland from L.N.E.R. and L.M.S. (London and North Eastern Railway and London Midland and Scottish Railway)

Background imageHairdressers Collection: EMILE HAIRDRESSERS 1920

EMILE HAIRDRESSERS 1920
Advertisement for Emile hairdressers of London and Paris. Date: 1920

Background imageHairdressers Collection: Advert for Unwin & Albert womens coiffure 1908 Advert for Unwin & Albert womens

Advert for Unwin & Albert womens coiffure 1908 Advert for Unwin & Albert womens
Ladies hairdressers in Regent Street, transforming your hair in anyway possible. Date: 1908

Background imageHairdressers Collection: BARBER & TOBACCONIST BARBER & TOBACCONIST

BARBER & TOBACCONIST BARBER & TOBACCONIST
Barber and tobacconists shop in Mount Pleasant, Liverpool Date: 1907

Background imageHairdressers Collection: HAIRDRESSERS / CUT OFF

HAIRDRESSERS / CUT OFF
A girl decides to have her long hair cut short Date: late 19th Century

Background imageHairdressers Collection: TOILET / HAIR / HAIRDRESSERS

TOILET / HAIR / HAIRDRESSERS
The up-to-date hairdresser employs high technology to groom her clients Date: 1923

Background imageHairdressers Collection: H P Truefitt Ltd, hairdressers, Old Bond Street, London W

H P Truefitt Ltd, hairdressers, Old Bond Street, London W
Interior, Ladies Saloon, H P Truefitt Ltd, hairdressers, 13 and 14 Old Bond Street, London W. circa 1910

Background imageHairdressers Collection: Trainee Hairdresser

Trainee Hairdresser
A male hairdresser learning to cut hair on a very realistic mannequin. Date: early 1930s

Background imageHairdressers Collection: Male Hairdresser

Male Hairdresser
A male hairdresser cutting a young womans hair. Date: early 1930s

Background imageHairdressers Collection: Scenes from a Parisian Beauty Parlour

Scenes from a Parisian Beauty Parlour
" One must suffer in order to be beautiful." This page from " The Sphere" depicts the latest treatments being employed in Parisian beauty parlours

Background imageHairdressers Collection: Advert for Truefitt & Hill - hair stylists & products 1937

Advert for Truefitt & Hill - hair stylists & products 1937
Where Artistry Defies Comparison. Permanent wave, who are not mere slaves to fashion. 1937

Background imageHairdressers Collection: Street Scene - Butchers and Hairdresser / Tobacconist

Street Scene - Butchers and Hairdresser / Tobacconist
Unidentified London Street Scene - Butchers (London Central Meat Company Limited) and C. Crowe Ladies and Gents Hairdresser and Tobacconist. Date: circa 1920

Background imageHairdressers Collection: Haircutting and shaving shop

Haircutting and shaving shop, the barber standing outside and a customer just visible through the doorway. They also do shampooing and singeing. Unknown location in Britain. Date: C.1910

Background imageHairdressers Collection: Barber at Work C1840

Barber at Work C1840
A barber at work on a young boys unruly hair. Date: circa 1840

Background imageHairdressers Collection: Lady / Hairdresser 1933

Lady / Hairdresser 1933
A lady at her hairdresser s. Date: 1933

Background imageHairdressers Collection: The uncomfortable pigtail

The uncomfortable pigtail Date: 1921

Background imageHairdressers Collection: Three rabbits having a trim on a Christmas card

Three rabbits having a trim on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageHairdressers Collection: Two turkeys and a goose on a Christmas card

Two turkeys and a goose on a Christmas card
Two turkeys and a goose at the wolf hairdressers on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageHairdressers Collection: Hairdressers Strike, 1919

Hairdressers Strike, 1919
A motor cycle and sidecar on duty outside the picket line at the Assistants headquarters during the Hairdressers Strike at the end of the First World War

Background imageHairdressers Collection: Street barbers, Egypt

Street barbers, Egypt
Street barbers at work, Egypt. Date: circa 1870

Background imageHairdressers Collection: Official styles of hairdressing for the 1937 Coronation

Official styles of hairdressing for the 1937 Coronation
Examples of hair styles for the coming Coronation season on display at the Mayfair hotel organised by the Incorporated Guild of Hairdressers

Background imageHairdressers Collection: Tatler front cover - Life in the lunch hour

Tatler front cover - Life in the lunch hour
Front cover of The Tatler in 1960 featuring a young woman under the dryer in a hairdressing salon, Simon of Knightsbridge, where they guaranteed a hairdo in under an hour

Background imageHairdressers Collection: The Coronation of George VI - Celebrations at St Helier

The Coronation of George VI - Celebrations at St Helier
The Coronation of George VI - Celebrations and decorations on the street at St Helier, Jersey - The corner of King Street (now pedestrianised)


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